UKBA quietly announced some changes

Yesterday , the UKBA quietly announced some changes to the tier 2 ICT route and section j (IT worker) minimum salaries for tier 2 general and ICT.

 

Tier 2 ICT can only be used for graduate level jobs.

 

The following SOC are no longer considered graduate level:

5242 Telecommunications engineers
3131 IT operations technicians
3132 IT user support technicians

3131 includes system administrators and 3132 includes DBAs.

 

The following are still allowed:

1136 Information and communication technology managers
2131 IT strategy and planning professionals
2132 Software professionals

 

Many of the minimum appopriate salaries have been increased in the section j code of practice. They were lower quartile before and it looks like they have gone up to the most recent median values. 

 

This is a significant change 

 

Details can be found at http://www.government-news.co.uk/border-agency/201103/annual-update-to-the-codes-of-practice-for-sponsored-skilled-workers.asp

 

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